SOUND OF WAVES

I hear them

I can feel the touch

The soft touch of water

The magic of the changing colors

How much I am tempted to capture

And take it with me

I fill up seashells and the sand in a jar

For my memory

But all I need to do

Is close my eyes

And I am there

For the sound of waves

Echo in me

CROWDED

I sit in a crowd

With a group of people

I will not call them strangers

For I meet them often

But I see myself

Sitting alone

As I sit with them

We may all be at the shore

And the waters maybe still

But deep within

I hear, I hear myself talk

Talk to me alone

DEEP WATERS

By the sea

In the dark

When all you can hear

Are the crashing waves

And you sit quiet

With your eyes closed

And feel the deep waters

In your heart and soul

You are reminded of what quite can be

So alluring

Yet daunting

For it stirs in you, emotions, that you have not felt before

Like the fire

That burns,

In the lighthouse

Lighting the dark

EMPTY

As I reached out

Filled with anger and despair

To lash out

And shout

I found no people

No one

But just an empty boat

With no one to be angry at

In all the noise

In all the suffering

In all the chaos

If only I could find me

If only I could be

Just an empty boat

SOLITUDE

Is it daunting

To sit alone

Just by your own thoughts

Comfortably and wanting no company

The waters may not always be kind

Rough weather

Tough storms

And sometimes you might just get to enjoy the lull

Do you have it in you?

To not be tethered to the shore

To live the solitude

To feel that peace that you have always longed for

TOGETHER

I felt a certain kind of special

In my loneliness, like I owned it

And it was mine alone

And then I found you

And slowly found that you were lonely too

You mirrored my vacuum

You felt a void too

I owned it no more

For we stood together

Untethered and lost together

I lost my special feeling

But I am happy that I lost it to you

LIGHTHOUSE

Can you be the rock that can weather the storms?

Can you be the place that I can call my home?

Can you be that someone that I can lean on?

Can you be the shore where I can rest?

Can you be my lighthouse?

MYSTERIOUS

She carries in her

The wounds and the scars

The calm, the breeze

She weathers the storms that tear her sails

She stands majestic and with grace

Hanging onto every string, every rope

That can keep her going

For just like the sea

Mysterious is she

Her depth is unknown

For she holds secrets untold

DOCKED

She comes back from her sail

She has lived her day

She needs to rest

To repair, to refuel, to reset

Back to her people

Back to her safe space

She harbors no malice

For what she endured

And she sets sail again

After some wine and dine

With some laughter, some stories shared

For she is free, free to sail

BAREFOOT

I walk on the beach

The wet sand touches my feet

I feel the warmth of water

As it gushes, sometimes slowly

Sometimes with force

And sweeps me off my feet

For my heart skips a beat

As I am soaked in deep

LIMITLESS

Do you have what it takes?

To voyage out and sail

To lose yourself

In a vast expanse of doubt and uncertainty

To explore and adventure

To go beyond norms

And to live beyond boundaries

LOST

I am lost
For music has taken over me
The strings play a song
That loop me in so strong
That I am no longer present
And I wish
I am not found
In music I drown

HEART BEATS

The rhythm, the notes
They nudge and poke
Actors, characters are put in play
As the sound of the string
Takes my heart away

SOFT SNOW

In the streets
Wrapped up in coats
The silhouette
The chilly cold
Winter brings in a treat
As soft snow falls on me
And amidst a buzzing crowd
I happily walk with the warmth of fresh coffee
Feeling the chill in me

AT REST

I ponder and reflect

In waters nest

As I keep aside my oar

I look around

And find peace

As in the big blue sea

I find my tiny little world

My quite shore

My place to rest

BELONGING

The sails are up
The winds are clear and crisp
I am on a voyage
A journey that is mine
And mine alone
For I belong nowhere
Yet I belong
To everyone, everywhere

AT THE SHORE

As the sun sets
And you have been able to manage, to watch
The reflection on the waters
Is at its best
With colors that leave you gasping
In disbelief
You sit at the shore
With people
Known or unknown
Amazed at watching
Nature’s beauty

AT THE SHORE

I ponder and muse
In waters nest
As I keep aside my oar
I look around
And find peace
As in the big blue sea
I find my tiny little world
My quite shore
My place to rest
As I introspect
I see colour,
Colour, reflected on me